Why design now?
Subtitle: National Design Triennial
By: Cara McCarty ... [et al.] ; with contributions by Andrea Lipps.
Contributors: McCarty, Cara.; Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Publisher: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780910503877
Subjects: Design -- History -- 21st century -- Exhibitions; Industrial design -- History -- 21st century -- Exhibitions; Sustainable design -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Description: "Why design now? Designers around the world are answering this question by creating products, proposals, buildings, landscapes, messages, and more that address social and environmental issues and opportunities."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes index.

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Why Design Now? National Design Triennial at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, May 14, 2009-January 4, 2011."